title: Patient safety and nurses' role in procedural sedation.
abstract: In the United States, following the singer Michael Jackson's fatal overdose of the sedative propofol in 2009, there has been extensive controversy about the administration of the drug by nurses during procedural sedation, or sedation during specific procedures that physicians can suspend to assist nurses in airway management. This article reviews the evidence base for nurses administering procedural sedation under medical supervision.
authors.affiliation: San Juan Regional Medical Center, San Juan, New Mexico, US.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ketcham
authors.forename: Cindy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ketcham
authors.forename: Frances Lopez
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Bushnell
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D024802:Nurse's Role; D061214:Patient Safety; D019555:Physician-Nurse Relations; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives